fledgling
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fledgling
- /ˈflɛd͡ʒ.lɪŋ/
adjective fledgeling
- Untried or inexperienced. His trenchant criticisms of the Church's repression […] include a discussion of the considerable 1938 success of the fledgling NODL in getting magazines removed from various points of sale.
- Emergent or rising. Harry Boland was born in Dublin in 1884 and educated with his younger brother Gerry in Clontarf. His father James, who greatly influenced him was politically active in the Irish Republican Brotherhood and the fledgling GAA. Harry Boland fought at the GPO in April 1916 and was interned in Dartmoor an
noun fledglings · fledgeling
- A young bird which has just developed its flight feathers (notably wings).
- An insect that has just fledged, i.e. undergone its final moult to become an adult or imago.
- An immature, naïve or inexperienced person.
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Closest in meaning: fledgeling, inexperienced, neophyte, freshman, newcomer, mature, entrant, starter, fledged, unfledged, naive, precarious, junior, brand-new, young, youthful
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adj inexperienced
| Español | inexperto, bisoño, principiante, novel, novicio |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 未經嘗試的 /未经尝试的 wèijīng chángshì de, 缺乏經驗的 /缺乏经验的 quēfá jīngyàn de |
| Português | inexperiente, novato |
| Français | inexpérimenté |
| Deutsch | unerfahren, unerprobt, ungeprüft |
| Italiano | inesperto, alle prime armi |
| Ελληνικά | πρωτόπειρος protópeiros, άπειρος ápeiros, αρχάριος archários |
| Русский | нео́пытный neópytnyj, неискушённый neiskušónnyj, зелёный zeljónyj, желторотый želtorotyj |
adj emergent or rising
| 中文 | 新興的 /新兴的 xīnxīng de, 上升的 shàngshēng de |
|---|---|
| Français | naissant, naissante, émergent, émergente |
noun young bird
| Español | pollito, polluelo, volandero, volantón |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 剛長出飛羽的幼鳥 /刚长出飞羽的幼鸟 gāng zhǎng chū fēi yǔ de yòu niǎo |
| Português | filhote/filho/pássaro/etc. recém-emplumado |
| Français | oisillon, oiselet |
| Deutsch | Küken, flügger Vogel, eben flügge gewordener Vogel, Jungvogel |
| Italiano | uccellino, involato |
| Ελληνικά | νεοσσός neossós |
| Română | păsărea, păsărică |
| Русский | опери́вшийся птене́ц operívšijsja ptenéc, птене́ц ptenéc |
| עברית | פִּרְחוֹן pirḥón |
noun insect that has just fledged
| 中文 | 剛羽化的昆蟲 /刚羽化的昆虫 gāng yǔhuà de kūnchóng |
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noun inexperienced person
| Español | amateur, novato, principiante, pipiolo |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 未成熟的人 wèi chéngshú de rén, 天真的人 tiānzhēn de rén, 缺乏經驗的人 /缺乏经验的人 quēfá jīngyàn de rén |
| Português | novato, iniciante |
| Français | novice, bleu |
| Deutsch | Grünschnabel, Neuling, Laie |
| Italiano | novellino, principiante, pivello |
| Ελληνικά | αρχάριος archários |
| Română | novice, ageamiu |
| Русский | новичо́к novičók, нео́пытный юне́ц neópytnyj junéc, несмышлёныш nesmyšljónyš |
Talk about this word "fledgling." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/fledgling. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. fledgling. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/fledgling "fledgling." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/fledgling.Cite this
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title = {fledgling},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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